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it was always called Snake and Pygmy pudding in our house. Grendel

my mum used to do me a big yorkshire pudding in an old saucepan, it would always sink in the middle, then a tin of beans and sausages was heated up and put in the middle. yum Grendel

Plus its always very tricky getting the hotdog sausages out of the tin... Grendel

MM, I haven't even seen any posts on facebook from RT over the past few days either. Grendel

like this

I have a car cam video of a van driver, who didnt even bother slowing down when he got to the roundabout I was already on, I missed the back of his van by just a few feet, because I was watching and aware he was coming onto the roundabout with some speed. If I had been distracted for any reason I might not have seen him and would have ploughed into the side of him. my phone is on a bluetooth hands free, and I still dont answer it while I am driving, let alone text or touch it. It only takes a fraction of a seconds innatention to be involved in an accident, and it might not even be your fault. Grendel

no toilets in ice cream vans either - trust me I know an ex ice cream man, he used to have to sit all day in one spot, apparently good bladder control is part of the job. Grendel

Alan, Ikea - I can never pass by the sin bin (where they store all the seconds and stuff) to see if there is anything in there that can be re-purposed (usually located just before the tills) excellent source of timber. Grendel

one other thought that occurs to me is that if a OB is wearing a life jacket they cant easily slip a life ring over their head and secure themselves to it, where a floating line if it has a lightweight snap hook on the end can be passed round the OB and clipped back onto the line. thus if the OB is rendered unconcious they wont just let go. Grendel

Tim, you need a good saw, leave the tupperware embedded to seal the hole and just trim it off flush with your hull. Sandpaper - thats no way to treat good timber, you want a cabinet scraper, it removes a fine amount without raising the grain. I'll have to try and get up there sometime and show you. Grendel

I am with Green Flag, once I got stuck when the alternator packed up, the local green flag man came out and couldnt fix it, he didnt really want to trailer me the 50 miles home, so took me to his yard, he had a car the same as mine there so he swapped the alternators over, jump started my car,and with battery charging I drove home, he didnt charge me for this and I just signed the form that he had taken me home, I reckon he made the cost of a new alternator from what Green flag paid him, and didnt waste his time on the trip, plus I didnt have to fork out for a new alternator or take time off work to fit it myself, win win all round and what I consider excellent service. Grendel

and uncle Tom Cobbley. Grendel

its been Turkey stew the last couple of days, it included chestnut stuffing, and I even encountered a sprout, in the stews defence it was a very nice stew, we had some last night with my home made bread rolls, yum.. Grendel

Too late wednesday?

Further information - it will rise just a fraction north of West and rise to about 45 degrees up as it crosses to the south, it will visibly move across the sky and be quite bright. Grendel

Does anyone know if the Roaring Donkey was a real Broads pub, and where it was? Grendel

There is also a pass of the ISS on tomorrow night at about 5.20 ish for 4 minutes, that some people are using as an opportunity to watch Santa flying over for the kids (and again very low on the horizon at about 6.59 showing for about a minute). Grendel

ah that reminds me I need to get up for one.

yes all of those, and the paraffin man, and the coal man bringing the sacks round and shooting the coal into the coal bunker. Grendel

Yesterday was the trip to the farm shop, 4 stalks of sprouts £2, 3 cabbages (assorted) £1, and 5 cauliflowers £4.50, thats roast for today, and christmas dinner sorted (with maybe a cauli cheese between). Sprouts, traditional, cut the cross and boil until slightly less than bullet hard. Grendel

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Robin - great video as always (closing credits - the M of christmas seemed a bit odd) Grendel

The No 8 from Piccadilly Circus goes to Bolton. Grendel

press your home button, it will take you straight to the top of the page. Grendel

That's just one of my problems, give me a box and I automatically think outside of it. Grendel